Stinging sensation

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Hey duality just an update for you, I’ve been using the Avene cleanance and my face is brilliant! Some advice if you don’t mind….

At the moment I’m doing
Cleanance Cleanser
Cleanance Toner
Cleanance expert
TriAcneal expert

I don’t know if I need the TriAcneal expert as I don’t have acne, but am liking the results i have been having. Should I be changing to a more nourishing moisturiser or incorporating in a serum or vitamin into the routine? Or changing to a different range of theirs entirely since my skin has settled?

Thanks 🙂

Oh i feel your pain. I had issues with heaps of different products stinging my face too.

Some lovely darlings on here recommended the avene range and from one sore, cranky-faced sister to another, the avene tolerance range is magical.

Oh and ditch the witchhazel.

Best of luck!

I’ve got a stinging sensation from product trial (Natural Instinct, ring a bell??). Initially I thought it was the moisturiser, cut that out, then even cut out the cleanser, still no help. It only completely stopped a few weeks after I stopped using the whole line.

I am probably not helping you out with figuring out which product caused it but it is sometimes complicated and it can also take a very long time for the barrier to heal, so cutting out a product every 2 weeks may not help. Sometimes you can “become” sensitised to a particular product after using it for a while.

For me, i have a “backup” basic minimum regime that has 3 or 4 trusted products that I have been using for years. If my skin plays up I switch back to my minimum and start fresh.

Congratulations on your new house!!

Duality well said. Beautiful advice.
Id be switching up my moisturizer to one with lots of ceremides and fatty acids.
Also perhaps try a non foaming cleanser. .. if your going to use a aha bha witch hazel or any product on your skin daily they say to use a cream/balm/ oil cleanser to keep the barrier protected. Its too much otherwise. Strips skin.
I think it’s the witch hazel causing the problem personally. . good luck. Keep us updated xx

Sounds like a compromised skin mantle (aka moisture barrier). Usual culprits are too many exfoliants (chemical or physical), drying products (even the word foaming usually has my skin having a hissy), stripping the natural healthy oil with astringents (witch hazel, alcohol are common ones).

You don’t say your skin type but regardless your routine has my skin crawling – I couldn’t use those products one at a time let alone all together! Even if you had oily skin it is still too much.

You will need to baby your skin back to health. Gentle cleansing only (I’d suggest the Avene range, it’s designed to be gentle enough to be used post chemical peel) then lots and lots of ceramides!

Go for the LLL approach, lots of light layers. Toner, essence, serum, ampoule, moisturiser. I killed my moisture barrier with tretinoin when I first started – got told it gets worse before it gets better, just ride it out the stinging will stop – yeah no, it didn’t, even plain water hurt!

If you were into Korean or Japanese stuff then the Mizon Black Snail heals like nothing else for me. The Rosette Ceramide gel also is great. Ceracolla ceramide gel is also excellent, probably prefer that over the Rosette (they are both Japanese). The best soothing and cooling hydrating cream would be the Cosrx Rice Sleeping pack – it’s wonderful. The honey version is pretty darn good too, it’s a gel so probably more suited for the warmer weather.

It’s difficult to say what could be causing it as you use quite a few products, have you thought about not using one product and slowly cycling through your routine to see if you’ve developed a sensitivity to something you’re using?